摘要：Understanding fishers' compliance is essential for the successful management of marine protected areas. We usedthe random response technique (RRT) to assess recreational fishers' compliance with no-take zones in the Great Barrier ReefMarine Park (GBRMP). The RRT allowed the asking of a sensitive question, i.e., "Did you, knowingly, fish within in a GreenZone during the last 12 months." while protecting respondents' confidentiality. Application of the RRT through a survey ofrecreational fishers indicated that the majority of recreational fishers, 90%, comply with no-take zones. Likewise, most fishers,92%, reported not personally knowing anyone who had intentionally fished in a no-take zone, indicating that fishers' perceivehigh levels of compliance among their peers. Fishers were motivated to comply with no-take zones primarily by their beliefsabout penalties for noncompliance, followed by beliefs about the fishery benefits of no-take zones. Results suggest thatcompliance-related communication efforts by the managing authority have partially succeeded in maintaining appropriatecompliance levels and that future efforts should accentuate normative compliance drivers that will encourage voluntarycompliance. We conclude that compliance monitoring should be integrated into the adaptive management of the GBRMP andother protected areas; in this case social surveys using the RRT are effective tools
